[Mimedefang] OT: Kosher email vs SPAM

[Stephen Smoogen]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com wrote:

>> From: David F. Skoll [mailto:dfs at roaringpenguin.com]
>> 
>> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 WBrown at e1b.org wrote:
>> 
>> > Yam?  Should keep even the hardest core vegans happy and like ham, it
>> > rhymes with spam.
>> 
>> :-) I love it.  "Spam" is offensive to many groups (Jews, Muslims,
>> vegetarians, people with taste buds) while "Yam" is sweet and
>> inoffensive.
>> 
>
>My problem with the term "Ham" - as the opposite of "Spam" - is that, in a
>literal sense, SPAM *is* ham.  (Not all ham is SPAM, though.)  SPAM is an
>abbreviation of the phrase SPiced hAM.
>

I do not know if it is kosher (U or K), but there is also 'Ham' turkey, 
'Ham' beef, and SPAM Turkey. YAM is a better term.


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